Rukwatitan
| Rukwatitan bisepultus Temporal range: 100Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Chordata |
| Suborder: | †Sauropodomorpha |
| Superfamily: | †Titanosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Rukwatitan |
| Species: | †R. bisepultus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rukwatitan bisepultus Gorscak et al., 2014[1] | |
Rukwatitan bisepultus is a species of Titanosaur from Tanzania. It lived around 100 million years ago, during the middle Cretaceous.[2] The species, which shared features with another South African species, Malawisaurus dixeyi, measured 30 feet (9.1 m) from the head to the tip of the tail,[3] and had forelimbs that were estimated around 6.5 feet (2.0 m) long. Fossils were found embedded in a cliff face near Lake Rukwa in the Rukwa Valley.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Gorscak, Eric; O'Connor, Patrick M.; Stevens, Nancy J.; Roberts, Eric M. (2014). "The basal titanosaurian Rukwatitan bisepultus (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (5): 1133–1154. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845568.
- ↑ Eric Gorscak. "Ohio University paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania". Ohio: Research. Ohio University. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Ryan Grenoble (10 September 2014). "New Species Of Massive Dinosaur Discovered In Africa". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ Agata Blaszczak-Boxe/ (8 September 2014). "New dinosaur species a rare find in Africa". CBS News. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ↑ Jennifer Viegas (8 September 2014). "Another Massive New Dinosaur Found, This Time in Africa". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 8 September 2014.